Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Student-Centered Approaches in Design Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hadear Ibrahim Hassan, Texas A&M University; Luis Angel Rodriguez, Texas A&M University; Astrid Layton, Texas A&M University; David Christopher Seets, Texas A&M University; M. Cynthia Hipwell, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering and a Donna Walker Faculty Fellow. She received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. She was elected to serve as a member and chair of ASME’s Design Theory and Methodology technical committee 2020-23. She is also a guest editor for IEEE’s Open Journal of Systems Engineering and associate editor for ASME’s Journal of Mechanical Design. She is the recipient of several awards, including a 2021 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers & Information in Engineering (IDETC-CIE) best paper award. Her research uses interdisciplinary collaborations to solve large-scale system problems

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Civil Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert L. Mokwa, Montana State University; Zachary Lee Morris, Montana State University; Whitney A. Lutey, Montana State University

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Civil Engineering

systematic methods are describedfor incorporating x-ray CT into an introductory soils course to quantify microscale measurementsof solid particles and void space using scanned digital images. Introducing geo-students to x-rayCT technology helps alleviate a common issue in the geotechnical discipline; which is, somestudents lose interest early in the semester because of the simple, low-tech, testing that istypically conducted during the first few weeks in introductory soils courses. The high-techflavor of x-ray CT can be attractive to these students. An additional attribute of this approach isthat the procedures described herein can be implemented at a relatively minimal cost using opendomain software and scanned digital images.The objective of the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pnina Ari-Gur, Western Michigan University; Pavel Ikonomov, Western Michigan University; Roman Rabiej, Western Michigan University; Peter Thannhauser, Western Michigan University; Marwa M Hassan, Louisiana State University; Daniel M. Litynski, Western Michigan University; Renee Schwartz, Western Michigan University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Consortium King Medal for her work on sustain- Page 23.1269.1 able technology at Virginia Tech. In 2008, she was awarded the Performance Contractors Professorship by the College of Engineering at LSU. Dr. Hassan has 31 refereed journal publications and 40 refereed conference proceedings as well as a book chapter. She is currently a member of the Transportation Re- search Board Committee AFH30: Committee on Application of Emerging Technologies to Design and c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013

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Outreach Along the K-12 Pathways to Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan A. Pruet, Mobile Area Education Foundation; James Van Haneghan, University of South Alabama; Melissa Divonne Dean, Engaging Youth through Engineering

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

emerged calledEngaging Youth through Engineering or EYE. The goal of EYE was and still is to engage areayouth in grades 4-9 in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) academics andcareers by providing students with a coordinated continuum of curricular and extra-curricularexperiences that use real life engineering design challenges as a “hook.” Once “hooked,” andwith careful guidance and support of “adult influencers” (teachers, counselors, parents, andbusiness volunteers), the theory of action is that youth will become motivated and choose to takethe high school mathematics and science coursework needed in preparation for STEM post-secondary study and careers, but not required by the district or the state.The EYE curriculum at

Conference Session

Philosophy of Engineering Education: Epistemology and Ethics

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Valenzuela, University of Evansville; James Allen, University of Evansville; Brian Swenty, University of Evansville

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Liberal Education

that is responsible for general education (in the case of two schools). In the case wherethese two sources yielded no information, the researchers turned more generally to theuniversity’s mission statement or statement in educational philosophy (in the case of threeschools). In all other cases, schools discussed their vision for general education in the expectedsections of their catalog or bulletin.Researchers parsed the sentences found in official documents and categorized similar themes tocreate an emerging picture of the collective wisdom of these institutions of learning. Forexample, Swarthmore College’s discussion distills the essence of liberal education in a fewpowerful phrases:“The purpose of a liberal arts education is to help

Conference Session

New Research and Trends Related to Minorities in Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Monroe, North Carolina A&T State University; Narayanaswamy Radhakrishnan, North Carolina A&T State University; Bala Ram, North Carolina A&T State University; Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University; Christopher Doss, North Carolina A&T State University

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Minorities in Engineering

held in March 2009 at North CarolinaA&T State University under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation (NSF).The workshop sought to address the building of meaningful bridges among minorityinstitutions and research-intensive universities in the United States, in emerging areas ofengineering research. This was the first such workshop that the NSF has sponsored underthe initiative of diversity in engineering research. The 205 attendees represented 56universities and 15 corporations; 62 faculty and administrators from minority institutionsand 66 faculty and administrators from majority universities attended and participated inthe workshop. The workshop included 3 plenary talks by two provosts of leadinguniversities and the head of

Conference Session

Teaching Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tori Bailey; Jonathan Gabrio; David Cannon; Helen L. Chen; George Toye; Larry Leifer

Information[1] Schofield, J. (May 6, 2003). “Social Climbers.” The Guardian. Retrieved March 6, 2004 from http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,950918,00.html[2] Prensky, M. (2001). “Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants.” http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20- %20Digital%20Natives,%20Digital%20Immigrants%20-%20Part1.pdf[3] Williams, J.B. & Jacobs, J. (2004). “Exploring the use of blogs as learning spaces in the higher education sector,” 20(2), 232-247.[4] Leifer, L.J. (1998). Design team performance: Metrics and the impact of technology. In S.M. Brown & C. Seidner (Eds.), Evaluating Organizational Training. New York: Kluwer Academic Publishers.[5] Cambridge, B.L

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Shervin Zoghi; Eric Liguori; Manoochehr Zoghi; Fariborz Tehrani; The Nguyen

different from what it used to be even four to fiveshort years ago. There are fewer, but riskier and more complex projects. The prevailingdifficulties of last several years have made it extremely challenging to succeed in the globaleconomy. It is anticipated, however, that the global construction output will recover to grow 70percent by 2025 – to $15 trillion.10 In view of aforementioned challenges and globalization, andin light of emerging construction technologies, the Construction Management (CM) Program inthe Lyles College of Engineering at Fresno State has recently revamped its curriculum to betterprepare future leaders of the construction industry. Accordingly, the CM program hasincorporated leadership and entrepreneurship development as an

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND) Technical Session 11

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eva Theresa Singleton, The Citadel Military College ; Oguzhan Oruc, The Citadel; Deirdre D Ragan, Pennsylvania State University; Nahid Vesali P.E., The Citadel; Andrew B. Williams, The Citadel

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

exercise, and spending time with the robots, all camperswere comfortable holding their groups’ robot at least once.Outdoor breaks significantly boosted camper engagement. Initially, only campers that wereexposed to robotics and STEM were engaged in open discussions, while others were reluctant tospeak until day three. On day three, engagement peaked with campers forming relationshipswithin their Robot Rally groups.Table 1. STEM Interest Areas Pre-Engineering 5 Computer and Information Systems 8 Biomedical Sciences 2 Health Science and Technology 11 Programming and Software Development 8 Networking Systems 7 Information Support

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ENT-9: Multidisciplinary Activities in Engineering Innovation

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alvaro Reinaldo Gonzalez, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile; Juan Felipe Calderón, Universidad Andres Bello, Viña del Mar, Chile

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

specific needs of teachers, including those with greater experience. Topics such as activelearning methodologies, integration of emerging technologies, design of learning experiencesthat foster creativity and critical thinking, and assessment of innovation competencies should beaddressed.Communities of practice: Encourage the creation of communities of practice where teachers canshare experiences, collaborate on projects, and learn from each other. These communities can beorganized by disciplinary or interdisciplinary areas and supported by expert facilitators ormentors.Incentives for innovation: Recognize and reward teaching innovation initiatives throughcompetitions, publications, or allocation of resources for projects. This will motivate

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 6: Monitoring, Evaluating and Research

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Johnson, Colorado School of Mines

of this paper, I propose three definitions aligned with engineeringresearch, and then later examine attributes of other possible definitions from the data collected inthe study.Macroethics and microethics were defined by Joseph Herkert in [8] in a paper that reflected onvarious viewpoints of engineering ethics: “Putting all these frameworks together, an interesting pattern emerges. Engineering ethics can be viewed from three frames of reference—individual, professional and social— which can be divided into ‘microethics’ concerned with ethical decision making by individual engineers and the engineering profession’s internal relationships, and ‘macroethics’ referring to the profession’s collective social

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa K. Davids, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Yosef S. Allam, Colorado School of Mines

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Educational Research and Methods

refers to course materials, course content or any artifacts used in the course of instruction. Teaching Strategies This includes any statements where the subject refers to what teaching strategies they used, want to use or believe they should use. Students This was an emergent category which includes any statements where the subject refers to the students' behaviors, capabilities, attitudes or other attributes. Classroom This was an emergent category which includes statements about the technology/layout technology resources available in the classroom, the layout of the

Conference Session

Student Learning, Problem Solving, & Critical Thinking 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peggy C. Boylan-Ashraf, Stanford University; Steven A. Freeman, Iowa State University; Mack Shelley, Iowa State University

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Educational Research and Methods

), 36 book chap- ters and encyclopedia articles, 118 refereed journal articles and refereed proceedings papers, and well over 200 other publications. He is lead editor of the National Science Foundation-funded book, Qual- ity Research in Literacy and Science Education: International Perspectives and Gold Standards (Springer, 2009). From 1993-2002 he served as the elected co-editor of the Policy Studies Journal through the Policy Studies Organization and chaired the Donald Campbell Award Committee (for outstanding methodologi- cal innovator in policy studies) for the Policy Studies Organization in 2002. He was a member of the 2013 Best Dissertation Award committee for the Information Technology and Politics section of

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Technical Session 5: Strategies for Increasing Classroom Engagement

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Walz, Madison Area Technical College; Kevin Cooper, Indian River State College; Benjamin Reid; Christopher Baechle, Indian River State College; Christopher Akelian, Cuesta College; Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons

, 2012.[4]. A. Biswal and H. Bansal. SCADA and its applications to renewable energy systemsintegration. 9th International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems, ICIIS. 2015[5] P. Bangalore and M. Patriksson. Analysis of SCADA data for early fault detection, withapplication to the maintenance management of wind turbines. Renewable Energy,volume 115, pages 521-532, 2018.[6]. E. Nugent. Why Solar SCADA is Taking Center Stage in Grid Modernization. RenewableEnergy World. September 13, 2017.[7] K. Walz, and J. Shoemaker. Preparing the Future Sustainable Energy Workforce and The Center forRenewable Energy Advanced Technological Education. The Journal of Sustainability Education, volume17, March 2017.[8] K. Walz, C. Folk, S. Liddicoat, and J

Conference Session

COED: Spotlight on Diverse Learners

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reymi Then, Universidad Tecnológica de Santiago; Maria Mercedes Larrondo-Petrie, Florida Atlantic University

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

universities have been working on the creation of portablelaboratories that students can take home and conduct experiments as if they were in a traditionallaboratory.In this article, we present in detail the process carried out by a group of researchers from auniversity in the Dominican Republic for the creation of a portable electrical engineeringlaboratory that incorporates many the necessary equipment for a laboratory of this type. Thecreation of this laboratory emerged as a Research, Development and Innovation (R&D&I) projectthat was financed in the period 2018-2021 by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science andTechnology (MESCyT) in collaboration with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science &Technology (KAIST) and the Korea

Collection

2025 ASEE North Central Section (NCS) Annual Conference

Authors

Omar Ahmed Raheem Al-Shebeeb, West Virginia University; Austin Harper; Ahmed Shoyeb Raihan, West Virginia University

theoreticalevaluation. This research pursues to improve students' comprehension of smart manufacturing processeswhile offering insightful information about sustainable production methods by fusing computationalanalysis with augmented reality-based training. The results demonstrate how AR technologies may beused to maximize training results and resource efficiency in welding operations, which are in line withIndustry 4.0 objectives. Proceedings of the 2025 ASEE North Central Section Conference Copyright © 2025, American Society for Engineering Education2025 ASEE North Central Section ConferenceKeywords:Augmented Reality (AR) Welding, Smart Manufacturing, Energy Consumption Analysis, WeldingEfficiency, Theoretical

Conference Session

Idea Generation and Creativity in Design

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel P Brown, Northwestern University

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Design in Engineering Education

, arising from the combined best practices of both quantitative and qualitativeforms of inquiry, provides a natural gateway for introducing lessons arising from designerlyinquiry building on novel technical problems and project challenges.In an effort to teach research skills to engineers, as a heuristic of seeking new technical whitespaces, it is necessary to build on the research skills for the existing knowledge space, beyondpeer reviewed literature, and into the patent literature when working with technology. Inaddition, the integration of patent research into the traditional quantitative engineering2 In their paper “Emerging Methodologies in Engineering Education Research”, Case & Lightnoted upon reflection a possible bias for

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven W. Villachica, Boise State University; Donald Plumlee, Boise State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

work together to decrease rampup time to competentperformance in the engineering workplace. Initial academic coalition members could includeengineering colleges of Boise State University and two or three engineering colleges from otheruniversities.1 The initial academic members would recruit industry members to the coalition.The coalition itself would work much like an engineering research center. Where existing centersengineer new, emerging technologies that transform technologies and the economy, the proposedcoalition would work to transform the transition that engineers make from the university to theworkplace. Proposed revenue streams would include monies from:  Membership fees.  Shared research in areas of mutual interest in

Conference Session

Maps, Metaphors, Tweets, and Drafts

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean Michael Ferguson, University of Virginia; Rider W. Foley, University of Virginia; John Kofi Eshirow Jr., University of Virginia; Catherine Claire Pollack, University of Virginia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

’ final academic year of classes. The learning objectives for STS 4500and STS 4600 (hereby referred to as STS 4500/4600) are, “engaging students with the challengeof framing and solving engineering problems in a manner that requires attention to socialdimensions. Students are introduced to STS theories and methods as a means to prepare them fortheir STS research papers.” The STS research papers are bound with the student’s technicalreport and together constitute their senior thesis requirement for graduation. Given that student’stechnical research varies, that students utilize different STS frameworks and methods (given theinterdisciplinary nature of the field). As many of the technologies they explore are emerging,there can be no “perfect” or

Conference Session

Construction Project Delivery and Control

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

MaryEllen C. Nobe, Colorado State University; Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Colorado State University

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Construction

fundamental skills need to design,estimate, plan, and build a construction project. The project control cycle is taught as part of‘building a construction project’ under the subheading ‘monitoring project performance’. Asstated by the author of the course textbook, the hardest step of the project control cycle toimplement is the last step of document, report and evaluate2. Of these, the evaluation portion iseven more difficult for a team to accomplish.Evaluating means to identify and share information about what worked and what did not workduring the project4. Throughout the course, analogies are made between the successfulmanagement of a construction project and an individual student’s successful completion of theirconstruction management degree

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2025 PNW Section Annual Meeting

Authors

Yuliana Flores; Jennifer A. Turns

Participatory Research(CBPR) and co-design sessions have emerged to foster more equitable engagement withcommunities. Despite these advancements, ethical concerns persist even within community-engagedresearch approaches. Mikesell et al. (2013) note that "it remains unclear how outside oversightbodies or participants themselves can verify the extent to which such principles as inclusion,mutuality, community benefit, and community control are being used in CBPR projects and whoshould be given the responsibility to adjudicate the ethics of community-engaged research" (p.e12). This observation highlights that even well-intentioned approaches to community-engagedresearch continue to face challenges in ensuring ethical implementation. The

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 4: Assessing Success in Mathematics Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Johannah L. Crandall, Washington State University; Kristin Lesseig, Washington State University

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Mathematics

designed to gather information about theprogramming tools and languages faculty used in their courses and in their own work as well aselicit faculty perceptions of the tools they felt were most valuable in industry.Themes within faculty responses were identified through a multi-step coding process. First,broad thematic coding was done after multiple readings of all transcripts, and often made use ofin vivo codes [5]. For example, the Black Box theme emerged first as an in vivo code, as did theLanguage Agnostic theme. This first step produced over twenty possible thematic codes. Afterthe initial round of potential codes were generated, transcripts were reread to locate thematicgaps and to identify which ideas could be grouped into larger themes

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Austin Schneider, Rowan University; Scott Duplicate Streiner, Rowan University

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Diversity

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International

engineering ed- ucation at several national conferences. Scott is an active member in the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) both locally and nationally, as well as the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019IntroductionOur world is becoming more globally driven as technology and markets expand and evolve. Thismakes working with other cultures now an inherent and daily task that individuals will face.Engineers will interact and communicate not only with various professional disciplines, but alsowith differing degrees of culture. It is critical that our

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum and Course Development

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sebastian Dziallas, Fulbright University Vietnam; Naoko Ellis P.Eng., University of British Columbia; David Robert Bruce P.E., Fulbright University Vietnam

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

opportunity has emerged in building brand new liberalarts, science, and engineering programs at Fulbright University Vietnam, a new institution inVietnam. Founding faculty members have engaged in a “co-design year” to prototype and iterateall aspects of this new university together with students and staff. In this paper, we reflect on theco-design year and present the main considerations that have driven the design of theundergraduate program.IntroductionThere has been increasing awareness to “re-engineer” engineering education as society grappleswith increasingly complex, ill-structured, and adaptive problems, such as water scarcity, globalpandemics, climate change, poverty, and the loss of biodiversity, which technology alone cannotsolve. These

Conference Session

Robotics and Circuits

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl Joseph Murzynski, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College; Hussein - Abdeltawab, Wake Forest University; Omar Ashour, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College; Ahmed Sammoud, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College

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Diversity

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

, The Behrend College. Dr. Ashour received the B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering/Manufacturing Engineering and the M.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) in 2005 and 2007, respectively. He received his M.Eng. degree in Industrial Engineering/Human Factors and Ergonomics and a Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from The Pennsylvania State University (PSU) in 2010 and 2012, respectively. Dr. Ashour was the inaugural recipient of William and Wendy Korb Early Career Professorship in Industrial Engineering in 2016. Dr. Ashour’s research areas include data-driven decision-making, modeling and simulation, data analytics, immersive

Conference Session

Work-in-Progress Session: Exploring Learning and Development in Engineering Courses

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raenita A. Fenner, Loyola University, Maryland; Peggy O'Neill, Loyola University, Maryland; Kerrie A. Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

coding frame developed from a QL framework toanswer the research question: What QL skills and knowledge are expected of first-yearengineering students?Defining Quantitative Literacy and the QCA Coding FrameMost of the definitions of QL are not field-specific. We found seven definitions of QL,numeracy, or quantitative reasoning in the literature [2], [14], [15], [16, p. 17], [17]–[19]. Inreviewing each definition, a consensus emerged that QL has four components: 1. Skill with numbers and computation. 2. Communication of quantitative information using oral, visual, and written modes. 3. Interpretation and reasoning of quantitative information and data. 4. Ability to apply concepts expressed in 1-3 in particular contexts.Drawing

Conference Session

Classroom Practice III: Student-Centered Instruction

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Guruji Education Foudation

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Educational Research and Methods

of innovations, NMIMS as the director Shirpur campus and at College of Engineering Pune (COEP) as the founder head of the innovation Center. Dr Waychal earned his Ph D in the area of developing Innovation Competencies in Information System Organizations from IIT Bombay and M Tech in Control Engineering from IIT Delhi. He has presented keynote / invited talks in many high prole international conferences and has published papers in peer- reviewed journals. He / his teams have won awards in Engineering Education, Innovation, Six Sigma, and Knowledge Management at international events. Recently, his paper won the Best Teaching Strategies Paper award at the most respected international conference in the area of

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Braddom; Charles Campbell; Shad Reed; Robert Floersheim

course websites. Students from elevenmechanical engineering courses were surveyed over two academic terms to obtain feedback ontheir actual usage of the course websites. This information was compared to survey data fromfaculty members who develop and maintain course web-sites in order to evaluate discrepancies.The results indicate that most students typically used the basic features from supplemental coursewebsites for test preparation and administrative information and did not frequently use moreadvanced website features such as online tutorials and quizzes. Our faculty members tended tounderestimate the usefulness of basic website functions such as homework solutions and syllabi. As the internet becomes increasingly ubiquitous in

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Aaron A. Jennings

realistic vision of the practice ofEnvironmental Engineering. Complete case studies present problems in rich detail.Students can (and must) pour over this information and synthesize a considerable amountof detail before experimenting with potential solutions. Clearly, one must apply this typeof assignment with care, but it can be an extremely valuable learning experience as acomplement to traditional homework assignments. Unfortunately, it is difficult for oneperson to repeatedly generate the volume of resource material required for a real casestudy. Further, problems lose impact with reuse because students begin recycling ideas.Therefore, the idea emerged that if we could share such resources among a larger group ofprofessors, we could all

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Shane Henderson; Leslie A. Olsen; John Birge

-structured problem. Inparticular, the students were required to use dynamic programming to schedule electricitygeneration given demand forecasts and cost information. Our goal was to give the teams a clearlydefined yet complex problem that was too difficult to solve by hand and whose solution wouldprovide a great deal of satisfaction.The second case involved aspects of engineering economics and location analysis, and the Page 2.228.2objective was less clear than in the first case. The teams were required to advise a major 2automotive producer on where to relocate its major facilities. The case included